Rail

Calif. HSR wins legal battle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Almanac reported that a Sacramento County judge upheld the California High-Speed Rail Authority's (CHSRA) environmental-review process for the controversial high-speed rail project in spite of an effort by Peninsula-area cities to stop it.

This was the second lawsuit brought against the CHSRA by the cities. After the first suit, the judge required the rail authority to revise parts of its environmental impact report. For the full story, click here.

The order is valued at approximately $120 million, including price escalations based on best faith assessment of assumptions, and is an option contained in a 2010 contract for a maximum of 860 trains signed with SNCF on behalf of the regions.